Small figures (like people) cost a lot more to make in resin than they do in metal.

Large figures (like ogres, giants, and dragons) cost a lot less to make in resin than in metal.

I am not at all certain how that works - I believe them, I just don't know why that is how it goes.

The Auld Grump

I can hazard a guess. Small molds have small details and are therefore more prone to bubbling than a large mold with large details, making the number of resin miscasts higher in small molds than big ones and unlike their lead counterparts they can't be thrown back into the pot to be melted down for another try. Also big lead figures... would use a lot of lead... which is expensive. Resin on the other hand can probably be purchased in bulk. But like I said, just a guess.

They look great, but it's a pet peeve of mine that they (and many, many other companies) don't give any information about the size of the miniatures. With current cameras, there's no way of telling if those miniatures are 20mm or 200mm tall.

Steve

On the KD website front page they state:

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Kingdom Death is a boutique, nightmare, horror board game (in development!), supported by a range of highly detailed 35mm scale miniatures.

They don't look too much out of place with standard 28mm / Heroic 28mm minis and I plan to use them with other manufacturers stuff.

Here is the 'Grand Mother' which is a little bigger than their 'standard' human figures.........

@Silveri - I don't have any GW Finecast, but do have a selection of other resin figures from other manufacturers (Scibor, Raging Heroes, Dark Age, Enigma, Hasslefree) and I would say that the casting quality is the best I have so far.

Just wish the price was a little lower........ :wink:

p.s. The Wet Nurse is a very, very disturbing but nice model :twisted:

They are now changing from resin to PVC - the miniature ends up being about 3% smaller.

Their experimental run has Wet Nurse and Pinup Twilight Knight PVC figures for $65. So, same price as the original run of Wet Nurse, with the Twilight Knight thrown in.

Also... ick! That thing is nasty looking! Someone has drunk too much of the milk of Shub Niggurath, I think....

Looks like he really was the last one in stock - I do not know if Fantization got any.

Very nice model - needs some cleaning with a file - there are three mold lines on the resin body. The body and the wrecked ship that serves as the base are resin - I will be reinforcing the base with brass rod - depending on resin alone to act as the support strikes me as risky.

Likewise, I think that I will not glue it to the body - so that it can be taken apart for transport.

Very nice fit, aside from some of the tentacles needing their ends trimmed to fit, and the corresponding holes in the resin widened. Each has a slightly different shape, so it is hard to put them in wrong.

I am intending to base the colors of the carapace on lobsters - dark green and red.

If I could have gotten a second then I might have painted another for a Christmas present.

In any event, at some point it is likely that The Maiden is going to be attacked by a giant squid monster.

The Kraken miniature is back in the Reaper store, but they only list 11 at the moment.

If you want it get it now.

The miniature is quite nice, but whether it is $100 worth of nice is debatable - I run a lot of maritime and nautical adventures, so it was a worthwhile purchase for me.

The body is about seven inches long, the tentacles, not including the two long ones, add another six squiggly inches. Quite suitable for assaulting the bold seamen aboard The Maiden.

The material is a high definition grey resin, lots of detail. I had to remove some very minor mold lines and fill two air bubbles - all were minor, and I could have left the air bubbles as wounds, or even inserted a harpoon into one of them to show this creature as a grizzled veteran.

A bit pricey, but BIG. I picked up a bunch when The War Store was clearing them out - when Ultraforge appeared to have gone out of business.

Pretty happy with them - I do not have that Plague Daemon, but I have the others. I plan on getting the Plague Daemon and the Daemon Prince when I can afford them.

Most used though is this loverly lady -For my game she is Willow Maiden - a treant witch, and most sincerely bad news. So pretty, so innocent, and vengeful evil at her core. She was used in the Elf & Orc War campaign. (The orcs and elves were on the same side - think French & Indian War.)

The Auld Grump, kinda want to run that again... I wonder if Brian will want it expanded this year....

*EDIT* That upper demon has alternate hands and heads - so if you do not want a lobster claw then you don't have to have one. Plus, extra pieces for the bits box....I like the primary head, and the alternate arms....

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